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plotPosition

Display current position in geoplayer figure

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Syntax

plotPosition(player,lat,lon)
plotPosition(player,lat,lon,Name,Value)

Description

plotPosition(player,lat,lon) plots the point specified by latitude and longitude coordinates, (lat,lon), in the geoplayer figure, specified by player. To plot multiple routes simultaneously, specify a unique identifier for each route using the TrackID parameter.

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plotPosition(player,lat,lon,Name,Value) uses Name,Value pair arguments to modify aspects of the plotted points.

For example, plotPosition(player,45,0,'Color','w','Marker','*') plots a point in the geoplayer figure as a white star.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Load a sequence of latitude and longitude coordinates.

data = load('geoRoute.mat');

Create a geographic player and set the zoom level to 12. Compared to the default zoom level, this zoom level zooms the map out by a factor of 8.

player = geoplayer(data.latitude(1),data.longitude(1),12);

Display the full route.

plotRoute(player,data.latitude,data.longitude);

Display the coordinates in a sequence. The circle marker indicates the current position.

for i = 1:length(data.latitude)
    plotPosition(player,data.latitude(i),data.longitude(i));
    pause(0.05)
end

Open Live Script

Plot multiple routes simultaneously in a geographic player. First, assign each route a unique identifier. Then, when plotting points on the routes using the plotPosition object function, specify the route identifier using the 'TrackID' name-value pair argument. In this example, the routes are labeled Vehicle 1 and Vehicle 2. This screen capture shows the point where the two routes are about to cross paths.

Load data for a route.

data = load('geoRoute.mat');

Extract data for the first vehicle.

lat1 = data.latitude;
lon1 = data.longitude;

Create a synthetic route for the second vehicle that drives the same route in the opposite direction.

lat2 = flipud(lat1);
lon2 = flipud(lon1);

Create a geoplayer object. Initialize the player to display the last 10 positions as a line trailing the current position. 

zoomLevel = 12;
player = geoplayer(lat1(1),lon1(1),zoomLevel,...
    'HistoryDepth',10,'HistoryStyle','line');

Plot the positions of both vehicles as they move over the route. Specify an ID for each track by using the 'TrackID' name-value pair argument. By default, the geoplayer object centers the display of the vehicle on the first track. You can center the display on other tracks by using the CenterOnID property of the geoplayer object.

loopCounter = length(lat1);
for i = 1:loopCounter
     plotPosition(player,lat1(i),lon1(i),'TrackID',1,'Label','Vehicle 1');
     plotPosition(player,lat2(i),lon2(i),'TrackID',2,'Label','Vehicle 2');
end

Input Arguments

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Streaming geographic player, specified as a geoplayer object.1

Latitude coordinate of the point to display in the geographic player, specified as a real scalar in the range [–90, 90].

Data Types: single | double

Longitude coordinate of the point to display in the geographic player, specified as a real scalar in the range [–180, 180].

Data Types: single | double

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: 'Color','k'

Text description of the point, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Label' and a character vector or string scalar.

Example: 'Label','07:45:00AM'

Marker color, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Color' and a color name, short color name, or RGB triplet. By default, the marker color is selected automatically.

For a custom color, specify an RGB triplet. An RGB triplet is a three-element row vector whose elements specify the intensities of the red, green, and blue components of the color. The intensities must be in the range [0,1]; for example, [0.4 0.6 0.7]. Alternatively, you can specify some common colors by name. This table lists the named color options and the equivalent RGB triplet values.

Color NameColor Short NameRGB TripletAppearance
'red''r'[1 0 0]

Sample of the color red

'green''g'[0 1 0]

Sample of the color green

'blue''b'[0 0 1]

Sample of the color blue

'cyan' 'c' [0 1 1]

Sample of the color cyan

'magenta''m'[1 0 1]

Sample of the color magenta

'yellow''y'[1 1 0]

Sample of the color yellow

'black''k'[0 0 0]

Sample of the color black

'white''w'[1 1 1]

Sample of the color white

Example: 'Color',[1 0 1]

Example: 'Color','m'

Example: 'Color','magenta'

Marker symbol, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Marker' and one of the markers in this table.

MarkerDescriptionResulting Marker
"o"Circle

Sample of circle marker

"+"Plus sign

Sample of plus sign marker

"*"Asterisk

Sample of asterisk marker

"."Point

Sample of point marker

"x"Cross

Sample of cross marker

"_"Horizontal line

Sample of horizontal line marker

"|"Vertical line

Sample of vertical line marker

"square"Square

Sample of square marker

"diamond"Diamond

Sample of diamond marker

"^"Upward-pointing triangle

Sample of upward-pointing triangle marker

"v"Downward-pointing triangle

Sample of downward-pointing triangle marker

">"Right-pointing triangle

Sample of right-pointing triangle marker

"<"Left-pointing triangle

Sample of left-pointing triangle marker

"pentagram"Pentagram

Sample of pentagram marker

"hexagram"Hexagram

Sample of hexagram marker

Approximate diameter of marker in points, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'MarkerSize' and a positive real scalar. 1 point = 1/72 inch. A marker size larger than 6 can reduce the rendering performance.

Unique identifier for plotted track, specified as a positive integer. Use this value to identify individual tracks when you plot multiple tracks. When you specify this value, all other name-value pair arguments for this function apply to only the track specified by this unique identifier.

Tips

  • When a vehicle's track goes outside of viewable area, the map automatically re-centers based on the value of the geoplayer CenterOnID property.

Version History

Introduced in R2018a

See Also

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